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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/pope-makes-historic-uk-broadcast.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Pope Benedict will broadcast Thought For The Day on Christmas Eve on BBC Radio 4" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-pope-makes-historic-uk-broadcast.jpg" alt="Pope Benedict will broadcast Thought For The Day on Christmas Eve on BBC Radio 4"/></a></p>
<p>God is faithful to his promises but often surprises us by how he fulfils them, the Pope will say in a historic BBC broadcast.</p>
<p>Pope Benedict also recalls his visit to the UK earlier this year with &#8220;great fondness&#8221; in Thought for the Day, which features on Radio 4&#8217;s Today programme.</p>
<p>It is the first time the pontiff has presented material which has been specifically written for a broadcast audience. He recorded his message in Rome on Wednesday.</p>
<p>In the broadcast, he says: &#8220;I keep all of you very much in my prayers during this Holy Season.</p>
<p>&#8220;I am glad to have the opportunity to greet you again, and indeed to greet listeners everywhere as we prepare to celebrate the birth of Christ.&#8221;</p>
<p>He adds: &#8220;I pray for your families, for your children, for those who are sick, and for those who are going through any form of hardship at this time.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Pope visited Scotland and England during a visit to the UK three months ago, performing an open air mass and meeting the Archbishop of Canterbury.</p>
<p>Thought For The Day allows speakers from a range of faiths to give a personal reflection and has been broadcast since 1970. It goes out during the Today programme at around 7.45am.</p>
<p>Terry Sanderson, president of the National Secular Society, has attacked the BBC for allowing the Pope to deliver the Thought for the Day.</p>
<p>&#8220;The BBC is giving the Pope an unquestioned slot to continue whitewashing his Church&#8217;s disgraceful record on covering up child abuse by its priests,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Why isn&#8217;t the Pope being subjected the same rigorous questioning that other heads of state would get?&#8221;</p>
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